The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-07-21
IOWA STATE NEWS.

damaging corn.
Mrs. Maxwell. the State Librarian, is
getting out her annual report.
DIR. Kennedy, Secretary Of the State
Board OF Health, is busily at work on
his biennial report.
William Paige Of Keokuk, missing
since June 22d, is now near Fort Madi-
son, where he bought farm
The next district lodge of the 9th
district |. O. G. T.. is to be held at
Acklcy some time i September.
Ex-Governor Geer delivers the annual
address al the meeting Of the Tri-State
Old Settlers Association at keOkuk.
During the races at West Union one
OF the horses fell upon his rider, . boy
named Geo. Dorm. fatally injuring him.
A great deal Of hay is being made
this week in the vicinity or Lu Verne.
The hay presses have already started.
Patrick McFalls. aged ten, was
drowned at keokuk, while bathing In the
Mississippi. The body was recovered.
Crops are looking nicely in Kossnth
county, and the farmers are jubilant
over the prospect of al abundant
harvest.
Roy, the 15-year old son OF DR.. Clark,
editor Of the Tabor Beacon, was drown
ed while bathing in the Nishna few
days since.
Mr.. |. l.. Ellwood, of Dekalb. Illinois,
has made arrangements for showing
forty of his fine imported horses ut the
coming State Fair.
Audubon has three-legged calf. It
is now ten days old. eats heartily and
gets around as lively as those having
the regulation number
The premium list fourth annual fair
in Wright County, at Clarion. is out,
and is very complete. The fair will be
held September 1916.
A Dubuque man named Levi Work
on Tuesday fell twenty-five feet
through an elevator way. but escaped
with a bad shaking up.
At State Center. q daughter Of Mr..
Louis Wilson, farmer, only fourteen
years old, committed suicide by taking
| poison. Cause unknown.
A daughter OF II. H. Bell. OF Corning,
4 three years old, set fire to her clothing
with match and was SO badly burned
that she died shortly afterward.
The Buchanan band put in claim
Of $249 for music furnished during the
fireman's tournament at Sioux City but
has accepted $3.50 in settlement.
/ A grain merchant of Davenport has
100000 bushels of corn cribbed in
western Iowa. He started the first
train of it for Eastern markets Thurs
day.
i Collector Kuhlemeir has appointed
Mrs. w. G. Thompson. the widow oi
the late collector. stamp deputy al
Davenport with salary of 5000 pei
year.
For two hours on an afternoon las
! week at West Side. the air was file.
with chinch bugs as thick as snow fiake
in hard snow storm. They wer
moving south.
Matthias Specht. aged thirteen years
son of John Specht, a steam boat owner
was drowned while bathing in the rive
at Dubuque. on the 9Th. The bod,
was recovered.
Fl. Madison has incorporated stree
railway company with capital Q
100000. OF this about $4,000 ha
been subscribed and the remaining
$25, 900 will soon be forthcoming.
Word came to Menlo Saturday, tina
Miss Lue Swan, assistant principle 9
: the Stuart school was drowned FIR
. day evening in Lake Michigan. Sh
: was al home spending her vacation
At Oskaloosa. on the 9Th Enginee
! John Shoot and Fireman James HUGS
iski were fatally injured by the explt
sion of boiler in the Excelsior min
The cause Of the explosion is unknown
The City Hotel at Guthrie Cente
came near being destroyed by fire Q
the 9th. from the burning Of sma
= building adjacent. being third time Il
! same property has been similarly
jeopardy.
Mrs. c. F. Richards and her 81.
Z year-old daughter. Of Adams count,
J, were thrown from Il buggy by rum
9 way horse and the child instant
killed. Mrs. Adams was badly bruise
r bu. will recover.
! George Baker. an old pioneer liviT
a six miles southeast of Sibley was attac
i ed by vicious bull Friday afternot
9 and literally disemboweled. The u
e fortunate man died early Saturd'
b morning Of his injuries.
:. Jesse b. Hoover, 14-year-old b.
Of Newton Township, Buchan;
County, was drowned in the Wasipir
con River three miles below Quasqu
ton a few days ago. He was wading
the river and stepped into hole.
The Polk County Farmers Allan
= will meet at Berwick, Saturday. Ju
80, 1887, at p. M. to complete tho {
ganization. All the Alliances of t
country are requested to be represent
and all farmers invited to be presel
DR.. Jennie MCGOWAN, Secretary
the National Conference of Chart
and Corrections, has written lett
to the Governor asking him to appoi
delegates to represent Iowa in the \
tional Convention at Omaha, Aug
IS.
X A man named Dostal, living at Ii
Junction, was examining load
revolver Monday when it was accids
tally discharged. The ball took I,
fingers from his 12-year-old sons
hand and crashed through the bol
of his right arm.
Tom Dodge, one Of the Oldest eng
GERS on the river, was drowned at Dull
u que by falling from the steamer Eml
4. as she was passing through the brid'
Is His body was recovered shortly aft
wards. He had been on the river TO
years, and resided in Dubuque.
A fatal accident occurred on the
cursion train, returning from CIR
City, Mo. Ed. Hampton, Of kellert